Having recently worked on War Horse, Curtis seems to be leaving his romcom comfort zone far behind at the moment, with Trash featuring kiddie protagonists from a Third World country. Not exactly Hugh Grant material, is it?
With the book’s rights snapped up by Working Title, Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader, above) has been tapped to direct.
Set in the not-too-distant future, Trash follows three ‘dumpsite boys’ living in a Third World country who pick through rubbish on the outskirts of a city.
One day, one of the boys discovers a mysterious treasure that he decides to keep himself – despite offers from the police for it. His decision to keep the object tips him into a terrifying mystery.
It’s a definite change of pace for Curtis, though the poverty vibe and the human drama inherent in the story are very much Daldry’s thing.
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